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Manchester Airport InformationBack to Airport Information Indexget a quote for airport parking get a quote for airport hotels Manchester AirportHistory :Many short-lived airfields popped up around Manchester from 1910, before it was realised in 1928, that Manchester needed a permanent airport or the city would suffer commercially. Barton, five miles west of the city, was chosen as the location for the new airport and was opened for use in 1930. During construction at Barton, a temporary airfield was opened in Rackhouse in Wythenshawe and became the first municipal airfield in Manchester. Heavy rain, causing major water damage and water logging, disrupted services and the airport was ruled unsuitable for large aircrafts. It was decided that the costs involved in restoring the damage were far greater than would be beneficial. So a new location for the airport was found south west of the city at Ringway and construction began in 1934. During the wartime from 1940 to 1945 Ringway hosted 60,000 of Britain's airborne Forces troops for training. Plane manufacturers A.V. Roe and Fairey set up shop at Manchester and it was here that the famous prototype of the Lancaster bomber made its first flight. After the war, civil expansion grew and so did the length of the runway. Development also included a new terminal with air traffic control facilities, new departure hall and three passenger piers. In the 1980s the airport was designated an International Gateway handling direct long-haul international flights. With the approval to build a second runway, Manchester is expected to become the second busiest airport in the UK in the future. Passengers :Manchester is home to 95 airlines and caters for 19.5 million passengers a year. Airlines :
Getting there :Train - Arrive in Manchester City Centre in less than 20 minutes! Up to 6 trains an hour run to Manchester Piccadilly where you can connect onto rail services countrywide. Frequent and direct services run to and from Sheffield, York, Newcastle, Leeds, Huddersfield, Bolton, Preston, Blackpool and the Lake District. Rail services are operated by TransPennine Express and Northern Rail and run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Bus - Local buses operate every half hour from early in the morning to late at night on a daily basis, including weekends and Bank Holidays. Some services start as early as 3am, and finish as late as midnight to suit the travelling needs of a 24 hour airport and our passengers. Car - The airport is approximately a 20 minute drive from Manchester City Centre and is reached by the M56 motorway, with a dedicated spur road from the motorway at junction 5. The M56 is the main route used by traffic to reach the airport. There are also minor local roads serving the airport from the north (Wythenshawe) and the east (Heald Green). The A538 road serves the World Freight Terminal, to the south of the airport, and also connects to the M56 motorway at junction 6. It runs east-west serving the local towns of Altrincham and Wilmslow. Facilities :Cash machines, currency exchange, car hire, post office, dry cleaning, bars, restaurants and shopping. |
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